Some $5 million worth of timber exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo to China in the second half of 2022 was felled illegally, according to a watchdog report. The timber was exported by Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development, known variously as Cokibafode or CKBFD in short, which in April 2022 was found by DRC […]
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A new report accuses a Chinese company of illegal deforestation in Congo, but there’s debate over which country is responsible. Over a six-month period last year, Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development exported $5 million – or about 30 million kilograms in illegally logged hardwood to timber conglomerate Wan Peng through Zhangjigang Port, the environmental…